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Bret


Definition:

  • (n.) See Birt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sanders, the Vermont senator and self-described democratic socialist, first answered questions from Fox News anchor Bret Baier over his comments in Sunday’s debate that white people “don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto”.
  • (2) Benefits of the Bret-Palmer modified technique are discussed.
  • (3) Government misquoting my report to defend revoking citizenship, says Bret Walker Read more Some ministers believe the detail of the citizenship legislation should be presented to cabinet for final decision, given that the last discussion occurred around a vague proposal without a cabinet submission or any kind of documentation or any legal advice.
  • (4) A former adviser cited by the government as the inspiration for the plan, Bret Walker, says he never backed it , believes it would be struck down by the high court, and is “unimpressed” that the government keeps claiming him as a supporter.
  • (5) The draft rules we have seen would not deliver that,” said Bret Harper, head of research at Reputex.
  • (6) All metroplasties were performed according to the Bret-Palmer technique modified by authors.
  • (7) The world first met him via the Conchords, the show of the group he formed with Bret McKenzie at university in Wellington in the late 1990s.
  • (8) The New York Times headline of their review, which ran three weeks before publication, was "Snuff this book: don't let Bret Easton Ellis get away with murder".
  • (9) Rudd's legal representative, Bret Walker SC, told the commission the former prime minister had "no problem" with all his statement being publicly disclosed, but the decision was the commission's.
  • (10) Bret Conkin, FundRazr This could really be the future for charities: The charity sector that adopts this method in their mix will find it a powerful and empowering method to overcome donor fatigue, marshall evangelists and create deep connection.
  • (11) "As my mom explained to me, when two companies love each other very much, they form a structured investment vehicle," said the FriendFeed chief executive, Bret Taylor, in a blog post on the company website .
  • (12) If you watched the [sic] Bret Baier and what he was saying and what he was talking about and how he mentioned the word wiretap, you would feel very confident that you could mention the name.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest House intelligence committee: no evidence Obama wiretapped Trump – video Who needs the combined might of the intelligence agencies – commanded, as it happens, by one President Trump – when you’ve got the “failing” New York Times and the Bret Baier to lean on?
  • (13) Although Tartt, who started eight years of work on The Secret History while she was still a student at Bennington College in Vermont, has been romantically linked in the past to the writers Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Shakespeare, in public she has only ever expressed affection for her dog.
  • (14) It is very, very carefully targeted against those people who give us good reason to suspect that they may be engaged in activities which are a threat to national security and the lives of Australians.” Bret Walker SC, whose term as the independent national security legislation monitor expired earlier this year, has backed the need to collect and store metadata, but suggested a warrant system for agencies to access it.
  • (15) When Less Than Zero was published a quarter of a century ago, Ellis says, "I would read about 'Bret Easton Ellis', and I'd go, Well, that isn't me.
  • (16) But I realised 'Bret Easton Ellis' was going to take over, and that I was more or less dead.
  • (17) We conclude that barium small bowel examination, when performed according to the Bret's technique, is a very effective method for the diagnosis of Meckel diverticulum.
  • (18) This is a very important issue, particularly for the younger generation.” The outgoing Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Bret Walker SC, has also called for the government to make the proposed data retention regime subject to warrants.
  • (19) Everyone knows that Patrick Bateman, the narrator of Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho , obsessively details the items of designer garb that he and his yuppie acquaintances are wearing.
  • (20) Bret Walker, the former independent national security legislation monitor, told ABC Radio on Monday that his recommendation that dual citizens be stripped of their Australian nationality came with the caveat that the person in question must first be convicted of a terrorism-related offence.

Breton


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or relating to Brittany, or Bretagne, in France.
  • (n.) A native or inhabitant of Brittany, or Bretagne, in France; also, the ancient language of Brittany; Armorican.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They may not be Kurds or Kosovans, but they have much in common with Basques, Bretons and Catalans.
  • (2) He dismisses as "recycling" a pact announced by the prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault – a former Breton mayor – last month to defuse the red caps' protests, providing for €2m of investment in the region.
  • (3) When Claudie Le Bail joined tens of thousands of Breton "red cap" demonstrators protesting in Carhaix at the end of November to oppose regional job losses and a green tax on road freight, she took her 79-year-old mother with her.
  • (4) The area is part of a chain of uninhabited barrier islands in the Breton national wildlife refuge.
  • (5) By 6 May oil was reported as reaching the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana and Freemason Island in the Breton national wildlife refuge .
  • (6) Tips: Hook a mackerel and fry it for dinner just off the Cabot Trail, and learn to make Acadian potato pancakes for $22pp while savouring the cultural lore of Cape Breton.
  • (7) It has been highly commended in the Michelin guide and serves Breton food with a strong seafood theme.
  • (8) An epidemic of hepatitis B occurring in 1988 and 1989 in Cape Breton brought to light the existence of a group of "buddies" who engaged in injection drug use.
  • (9) 187, 227-232; Mäntele, W., Wollenweber, A., Nabedryk, E., & Breton, J.
  • (10) The pairing of owners Stephen Toman in the kitchen and Breton Alain Kerloc'h out front brings a superb balance of fine dining on the plate, with a fist-pumpingly rocking atmosphere.
  • (11) Seafood stalls are loaded with locally caught fish and fruits de mer , and look out for the excellent Breton oysters.
  • (12) At the foot of the hill lies the contemporary tide line of sex-sleaze – the surrealist André Breton once called it "diamantiferous mud", but nowadays it is all mud and any diamonds are paste.
  • (13) Earlier this year, a radio announcer in Canada set up a website inviting Americans to move to Cape Breton, population 100,000, should Trump win.
  • (14) She’s a locavore (where possible, she eats locally produced food) and has been recycling since the 80s, a habit learned from her Breton grandmother.
  • (15) Concentrations of progesterone and oestrogens were determined by radioimmunoassay in the peripheral blood of 22 Percheron and Breton breed mares from the 6th day of oestrus to the 150th day of pregnancy.
  • (16) This latter result is in agreement with previous photoselection studies on the same bacterial species (Vermeglio, A., Breton, J., Paillotin, G. and Cogdell, R. (1978) Biochim.
  • (17) The close linkage between the disease locus and several DNA markers allowed a study of the DNA restriction polymorphism pattern in 30 Breton families.
  • (18) But his main focus now is preparing for the second act of the revolt with a big congress in March which will formally take up Breton grievances.
  • (19) We have previously described a monoclonal antibody (FA6-152), obtained by immunizing mice with fetal human erythrocytes [Edelman, Vinci, Villeval, Vainchenker, Henri, Miglierina, Rouger, Reviron, Breton-Gorius, Sureau & Edelman (1986) Blood 67, 56-63].
  • (20) Delicious crepes and galettes , and Breton cider, are found on other stalls.

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